Beadle's dime book of practical etiquette for ladies and gentlemen : being a guide to true gentility and good-breeding, and a complete directory to the usages and observances of society (1859)
Author: Beadle, Irwin P
Subject: Etiquette; Manners and customs
Publisher: New York : Irwin P. Beadle
Year: 1859
Language: English
Call number: 71200908400380
Digitizing sponsor: Friends of the Lincoln Financial Collection in Indiana
Book contributor: Lincoln Financial Collection
Collection: lincolncollection; americana
Notes: Front cover and title page are the same page.
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Contents of Beadle's song books, no. 1-6 and Beadle's dime melodist, comprising the music and words (p. [1-8])
"Including etiquette of the ball room, of the evening party, the dinner-party, the card and chess table. of business, of the home circle, &c., &c."--Cover
Cover title
Entrance into society -- General observances for visits, etc. -- Special observances for all occasions -- The formula of introductions -- On dress and ornaments -- On cleanliness and fastidiousness -- Conversation and personal address -- Writing of letters, etc. -- Balls, evening-parties, receptions, etc. -- The card and chess table, etc. -- Entertainments, dinner-parties, etc. -- Etiquette of the street -- The politeness of business -- Advice to the working-man -- Love, courtship, and marriage -- Respect for religion and old age -- Special word for ladies only -- Confidential advice to young men -- Cultivate a taste for the beautiful -- Etiquette of horseback riding -- The laws of home etiquette -- Cards of invitation for all occasions
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